Jamira Shutes sucker punches BGSU's Elissa Brett in handshake line: racism or March Madness?

Jamira Shutes being escorted off the court after sucker-punching white opponent,
Elissa Brett on handshake line

If Bowling Green State University basketball player Elissa Brett sucker-punched Jamira Shutes on the handshake line after the game, Al Sharptongue, Jesse Jackson, AOC, Hakeem Jeffries, and every member of Black Lives Matter would have gone berserk and called for a protest and called Brett a racist. 

But that isn't what happened. In fact, it was Shutes, whose team lost to the Falcons, sucker-punched Brett after the game as the players lined up to shake hands.

The Memphis guard Jamirah Shutes has been charged Thursday with assault after Bowling Green scored a third-round victory in the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT).

The Bowling Green State University Police Department issued a press release Friday confirming that Shutes, a fifth-year player, was charged after the "unwarranted physical incident" involving Brett at the conclusion of BGSU’s 73-60 victory over Memphis. It is not known whether Shutes was left back academically as she is a fifth-year player and Memphis is a 4-year college, but the more important point is that Memphis lost the game and Shutes was on the losing team and is a loser in more ways than one.

There is no excuse for what Shutes did, even though her team lost to BGSU 73-60.

Elissa Brett: her team, BGSU won 73-60 over Memphis

"Following Thursday’s unwarranted physical incident after the WNIT home game, the Bowling Green State University Police Department has charged a member of the Memphis women’s basketball team with assault," the statement said.

"Violence is never acceptable, and our priority remains the health, safety and support of our student-athlete, who is recovering and doing well. This is an active investigation in conjunction with the City of Bowling Green Prosecutor, and no further comment is available at this time."

Police said BGSU Athletics was also conducting its own review.

The incident happened at the conclusion of the Memphis-BGSU Sweet 16 matchup. As both teams approached center court to shake hands, Shutes stopped when she reached Brett.

Evidently feeling upset that she and her team lost to BGSU 73-60, Shutes then sucker-punched Brett, forcing her to the ground, according to police

A member of the Memphis Tigers' coaching staff grabbed Shutes and escort her off the court.

According to an incident report, Brett sustained "swelling in their right eye due to this strike."

Memphis released a statement Friday confirming that it was working with local authorities, because they had no choice.

"The incident that occurred following Thursday’s women’s basketball game was extremely unfortunate and certainly not consistent with, or representative of, our expectations for our programs and student-athletes," the statement said.

The incident had nothing to do with being unfortunate. The incident was criminal, not unfortunate--it's called battery.

"Because the incident occurred after the game, jurisdiction falls in the hands of local authorities, and we are cooperating fully with their process. To be respectful of that process, we will not comment further until it is complete."

A native of Tennessee, Shutes became the 27th player in program history to score 1,000 points. She ranks 13th at the school all-time in career points and is still an a-hole in spite of her ability to put a round object through a slightly larger hoop.

Shutes might even be a racist, but I have no proof of that. Racist is a term that should not be thrown around carelessly, but 'shoe on the other foot,' well, you know.

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